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Housing Act 2003
sec.37BApplication for registration or variation of registration
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### sec.37B Application for registration or variation of registration
An entity (the applicant ) providing or intending to provide a community housing service may apply to the registrar—
if the applicant is a national entity for which the registrar is or will be the primary registrar—for registration on the national register; or
if the applicant is a national provider for which the registrar is the primary registrar—for variation of the provider’s existing registration on the national register; or
if the applicant is a local government or a prescribed state provider—for registration on the state register.
An application under subsection (1) must be—
in the approved form; and
accompanied by the prescribed fee.
If the registrar receives an application from a national entity or national provider for which the registrar is not, or will not be, the primary registrar, the registrar must refer the application to the primary registrar for the applicant.
The registrar may require the applicant to give the registrar further information or documents the registrar reasonably requires to decide the application, including information or documents relating to—
the performance of the applicant’s functions and any arrangement the applicant has entered into with another entity in relation to the performance of the applicant’s functions; or
A national entity that is a consolidated entity within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) , section 9 , may be required to give the registrar information about changes to the consolidated entity’s group structure.
the applicant’s affairs.
However, subsection (4) does not authorise the registrar to require information or a document that identifies an individual who is an occupier of residential premises.
s 37B ins 2013 No. 5 s 23
(sec.37B-ssec.1) An entity (the applicant ) providing or intending to provide a community housing service may apply to the registrar— if the applicant is a national entity for which the registrar is or will be the primary registrar—for registration on the national register; or if the applicant is a national provider for which the registrar is the primary registrar—for variation of the provider’s existing registration on the national register; or if the applicant is a local government or a prescribed state provider—for registration on the state register.
(sec.37B-ssec.2) An application under subsection (1) must be— in the approved form; and accompanied by the prescribed fee.
(sec.37B-ssec.3) If the registrar receives an application from a national entity or national provider for which the registrar is not, or will not be, the primary registrar, the registrar must refer the application to the primary registrar for the applicant.
(sec.37B-ssec.4) The registrar may require the applicant to give the registrar further information or documents the registrar reasonably requires to decide the application, including information or documents relating to— the performance of the applicant’s functions and any arrangement the applicant has entered into with another entity in relation to the performance of the applicant’s functions; or A national entity that is a consolidated entity within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) , section 9 , may be required to give the registrar information about changes to the consolidated entity’s group structure. the applicant’s affairs.
(sec.37B-ssec.5) However, subsection (4) does not authorise the registrar to require information or a document that identifies an individual who is an occupier of residential premises.
- (a) if the applicant is a national entity for which the registrar is or will be the primary registrar—for registration on the national register; or
- (b) if the applicant is a national provider for which the registrar is the primary registrar—for variation of the provider’s existing registration on the national register; or
- (c) if the applicant is a local government or a prescribed state provider—for registration on the state register.
- (a) in the approved form; and
- (b) accompanied by the prescribed fee.
- (a) the performance of the applicant’s functions and any arrangement the applicant has entered into with another entity in relation to the performance of the applicant’s functions; or Example— A national entity that is a consolidated entity within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cwlth) , section 9 , may be required to give the registrar information about changes to the consolidated entity’s group structure.
- (b) the applicant’s affairs.